Lhasa Cultural Tour

Tibet is indeed a very rich and beautiful land, located on the highest plateau on Earth at an average altitude over 4000 meter. It is nowadays the South west frontier of China. Within its borders there are more than fifteen peaks above 7000 m. among which eleven are over 8000m. It borders with Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Xinjiang; in the North, Nepal, India, Sikkim, Bhutan Burma and Kashmir form its Southern borders. The Tibet Autonomous Region with a population of over two million covers an area of 1.2 million sq. km.

Tibet has a long and complex history, written records have survived from the 7th Century A.D. however it is known that nomadic tribes populated Tibet as early as the 2nd Century B.C. and discoveries suggest a much longer history of human kind...More recent times have seen the invasion of China in 1959 and the inevitable dilution of Tibetan culture. Tibet however has proved over the years since, that its way of life has been able to withstand this influence. Power of thought and life itself overcoming the modern ravages of politics.
The journey to unlock the complexities posed by this arid mass of discovery (almost the size of Europe) begins with probably the most dramatic flight in the world. From Kathmandu, you journey the huge backbone of the High Himalayas to land deep in the heart of the Tibetan plateau. A further two hours drive by road through barren wilderness Lhasa, the capital and home to the famous Potala Palace unfolds. Lhasa remains the major focus of Buddhist worship anywhere in the world, a place for the traveler to cast away any preconceptions he or she may have and join in Tibet's journey of discovery along the way... at least for a while.

Itinerary :

Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu (1320m.)
We will arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and upon our arrival at the airport; we will be received by our company representatives and will transfer to a hotel. Overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 02: Fly towards Chengdu/Lhasa
Meet at Chengdu Airport in the morning. Fly to Lhasa. Arriving at Lhasa Gongar Airport, meet local guide and transferred to Lhasa city, Check in and have a good rest, overnight in Lhasa.

Day 03: Sightseeing in Lhasa city

Day 04:Lhasa/Yangbache hot-spring/Lhasa
Day tour to Yangpachen, which is the biggest natural wet-steamed geothermic field with high temperature. You can have hot-spring there, and also you can still see Nyenchen Thanglha Range. Back to Lhasa in the afternoon. overnight in Lhasa .

Day 05: Lhasa/Chengdu
Transferred to the airport and fly back to Chengdu .